Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long |
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Maine | – | ME | In outcrops of recent blue marine clays exposed by isostatic rebound in coastal and central Maine | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Neptunea,Buccinum,Polinices,Mya,Astarte,Serripes,Macoma,Hyatella,Mytilus,Chlamys;Arthropod-Balanus;Leaf impressions | ME0001 | ||
Southwood[?] | – | ME | 48d22mN,68d22mW | Devonian | Tarratine | Gastropod-Crossoceras | ME0002 | From Context | |
Lewiston | Androscoggin | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Buccinum,Portlandia,Mya | ME0088 | |||
Poland | Androscoggin | ME | Carcharodon? | ME0004 | |||||
Sabattus River Valley | Androscoggin | ME | Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0005 | ||
Allagash | Aroostook | ME | At 69d20m33sW 47d13m28sN near private logging road connecting Allagash to the Estcourt-St Pomphile(QC) Road in sandstones and slates | Ordovician Upper | Little East Lake | Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia | ME0089 | ||
Allagash | Aroostook | ME | At 69d24m41sW,47d11m14sN in exposure created by road construction in 1990 | Ordovician Upper | Little East Lake | Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia | ME0090 | ||
Allagash | Aroostook | ME | At 69d25m29sW. 47d10m14sN in road metal quarry in sandstones and slates | Ordovician Upper | Little East Lake | Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia | ME0091 | ||
Mapleton | Aroostook | ME | Devonian | Trout Valley | Plant Fossils | ME0009 | |||
Mapleton | Aroostook | ME | Ordovician graptolites are found in Ordovician shales 1 km East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle Mountain. | Ordovician | Graptolites -Dicranograptus,Orthograptus,Climacograptus,Diplograptus,Brachiopod – Leptobolus | ME0010 | |||
Mapleton | Aroostook | ME | Silurian brachiopods are found in ‘a nearby conglomerate’. East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle Mountain. | Silurian | Brachiopods -Atrypa,Strophomena,Conchidium,Stropheodonta,Eatonia,Sowerbyella,Eospirifer,Hyatella,Nucleospira,Pentamerus,Lichas,Dalmanites,Paleocyclus | ME0011 | |||
Presque Isle | Aroostook | ME | 4.8km W on Winslow Farm | Devonian Middle | Mapleton Sandstone | plants-Taeniocrada,Hostimella,Sawdonia,Barrandeina | ME0092 | ||
Presque Isle | Aroostook | ME | 6km SSW-Spragueville Road in interbedded limestones and tan shales | Silurian | Perham | graptolites-Monograptus;bivalves-Cardiola;crinoids | ME0093 | ||
Square Lake | Aroostook | ME | SE of Fort Kent in T16R5 in Limestone Ridge | 2 species of corals,6 species of brachiopods,crinoids | ME0014 | ||||
Stockholm | Aroostook | ME | 3.2km N of station in RR cut on Bangor and Aroostook RR in coarse sandstones | Silurian | Frenchville | brachiopods-Atrypa?,Cyrtia,Delerorthis,Eocoelia,Leptaena,Paleocyclus?,Pentamerus?,Plectodonta,Resserella,Stricklandialens;Algae;Plants-Eohostimella | ME0094 | ||
Weeksboro-Lunksoos | Aroostook | ME | fairly abundant fossils in area outcrops | Silurian | trilobites,graptolites,brachiopods | ME0016 | |||
Brunswick | Cumberland | ME | Bunganuc Point. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0017 | ||
Casco Bay | Cumberland | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Neptunea,Chlamys,Hiatella,Mya,Astarte,Nuculana,Portlandia | ME0095 | |||
Gray | Cumberland | ME | 43d53m24s North 70d16m39s | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Musculus,Mytilus,Mya,Nuculana,Yoldia,Nucula | ME0096 | ||
Portland | Cumberland | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Margarites,Polinices,Natica,Buccinum,Neptunea,Mytilus,Chlamys,Pecten,Clinocardium,Cerastoderma,Serripes,Macoma,Mactra,Mesodesma,Ensis,Hiatella,Zirphaea,Mya,Astarte,Nuculana,Portlandia,Yoldiella | ME0097 | |||
Portland | Cumberland | ME | In gravel pit near Fore River | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | Petrified wood,Conifer needles,branches,cones;leaves;mollusks in clays | ME0098 | ||
Pownal | Cumberland | ME | At Blackstone Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0022 | ||
Pownal | Cumberland | ME | At Knight Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0023 | ||
Scarborough | Cumberland | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Puncturella,Pandora,Nuculana | ME0099 | |||
Yarmouth | Cumberland | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Musculus,Portlandia,Astarte | ME0100 | |||
Zebbs Cove | Cumberland | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Mactra[?] | ME0026 | |||
Augusta | Kennebec | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Polinices,Natica,Buccinum,Chlamys,Cerastoderma,Hiatella,Mya,Astarte | ME0101 | |||
Chelsea | Kennebec | ME | Road Cut on ME9. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0028 | ||
China Lake | Kennebec | ME | Area outcrops of glacial clay-Palermo site –UTM 460,593mE 4,926,820mN; and E | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | marine mollusks-Mytilus | ME0102 | ||
China Lake | Kennebec | ME | Area outcrops of glacial clay-Vassalboro site –UTM 450,750mE 4,923,230mN and E | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | marine mollusks-Portlandia | ME0103 | ||
Gardiner | Kennebec | ME | Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0031 | ||
Waterville | Kennebec | ME | Cambrian? | Nereites,Mirianites[?],(trilobites?) | ME0087 | ||||
Waterville | Kennebec | ME | In Devil Chair Quarry between Upper Main St and Quarry Rd | Graptolites | ME0104 | ||||
Waterville Esker | Kennebec | ME | Pleistocene | fossils | ME0105 | ||||
Fox Islands | Knox | ME | in strip between pulpit Harbor to Southern Harbor | Silurian | diverse species | ME0034 | |||
North Haven | Knox | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Polinices,Chlamys,Mya | ME0106 | |||
Owls Head | Knox | ME | along seashore | Cenozoic | Fossil shells | ME0036 | |||
Rockland | Knox | ME | along seashore | Cenozoic | Fossil shells | ME0037 | |||
Thomaston | Knox | ME | in area Limestone quarries | Avalonian fossils | ME0038 | ||||
Vinalhaven | Knox | ME | Silurian | Ames Knob | fossils | ME0039 | |||
Waldoboro | Lincoln | ME | At Waldoboro North pit | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | 13 genera-8 bivalves,4 gastropods;Arthropods-Balanus | ME0107 | ||
Waldoboro | Lincoln | ME | At Whitney Corners pit | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | 13 genera-8 bivalves,4 gastropods;Arthropods-Balanus | ME0108 | ||
Bangor | Penobscot | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | Mya,Astarte,Yoldia | ME0109 | |||
Penobscot River | Penobscot | ME | trace Fossils | Oldhamia | ME0043 | ||||
Allagash Wilderness Waterway | Piscataquis | ME | Chamberlin Lake Collecting prohibited | corals,Bryozoa,Stromatoporoids | ME0044 | ||||
Allagash Wilderness Waterway | Piscataquis | ME | Round Pond Collecting prohibited | Devonian | Seboomook Slate | brachiopods,Gastropods | ME0045 | ||
Allagash Wilderness Waterway | Piscataquis | ME | Smith Brook Collecting prohibited | corals | ME0046 | ||||
Allagash Wilderness Waterway | Piscataquis | ME | Telos Lake Collecting prohibited | Devonian | Seboomook Slate | brachiopods,Gastropods | ME0047 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | 1.6km SW from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6 R9 on N side of Trout Creek in shale | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Pertica | ME0110 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | 200m upstream from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6R9 in silt,sandstone,shale | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Psilophyton,Taeniocrada,Kaulangiophyton,Thursophyton,Deltoidospora,Apiculiretusispora,Emphanisporites,Clivosisporites,Tholisporites,Grandispora,Sphaerochitina | ME0111 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | In NE corner of park in coarse siltstone matrix | Devonian | Trout Valley | Bivalves-Phthonia;brachiopods-Tropidoleptus,Mucrospirifer,Nucleospira | ME0050 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | On Dry Brook 400m S of Grand Lake Rd T6R9 | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Drepanophycus | ME0112 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | South Branch Pond Brook 500m downstream from mouth of Giffords Brook T5R9 –Red-Brown plant impressions on grey shale | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Psilophyton,Prototaxites | ME0113 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | along Trout Brook T5 R10 | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Pertica | ME0114 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | along Trout Brook T5 R9 — multiple localities? | Devonian | Trout Valley | plants-Psilophyton,Taeniocrada,Drepanophycus | ME0115 | ||
Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | ME | in lakebed,volcanic ash deposits | Devonian | Trout Valley | Pertica quadrifaria an unusual plant fossil and other fossils. Devonian plants reported from unknown location in ME | ME0055 | ||
Lake Matagamon | Piscataquis | ME | At cabin on N shore of Third Lake Matagamon | Silurian | brachiopods-Dalejina,Dolerorthis,Resserella,Eccentricosta,Mesoleptostrophia,Neumanella,Strophonella,Amphistrophonella,Gypidula,Eoplectodona?,Ferganella,Delthyris,Nucleospira,Atrypa;trilobite fragments | ME0116 | |||
Lobster Lake | Piscataquis | ME | In shallow water marine sediments near top of complex sedimentary/volcanic sequence | Ordovician | profuse fossils | ME0057 | |||
Ripogenus Dam | Piscataquis | ME | In carbonates interbedded with Sandstone in gorge below dam | Silurian | Ripogenus | bryozoa,brachiopods,stromatoporoids,gastropods;Halysites | ME0117 | ||
Topsham | Sagadahoc | ME | Bisson Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0059 | ||
Topsham | Sagadahoc | ME | ME196 bypass. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous and may only have been exposed during construction | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0060 | ||
Topsham | Sagadahoc | ME | Whorff Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0061 | ||
Jackman | Somerset | ME | At Loon Echo Campground in area exposures | fossils | ME0062 | ||||
Misery Ridge | Somerset | ME | On East side of Brassua Lake East of and parallel to ME6-15. Gray sandstones | Devonian Lower | brachiopods at the base of beds. | ME0063 | This would probably be within a kilometer or so of 45.6496N,69.8019W | ||
Rockwood | Somerset | ME | In area road and RR cuts | pockets of abundant fossils | ME0064 | ||||
Rockwood | Somerset | ME | along Moosehead Lake in sandstones and limestones | Devonian | Tarratine | Brachiopods,some trilobites | ME0065 | ||
Lincolnville | Waldo | ME | along seashore | Cenozoic | Fossil shells | ME0066 | |||
Prospect | Waldo | ME | in gravel pit | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks;mammals-walrus | ME0118 | ||
Eastport | Washington | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Colus,Clinocardium,Zirphaea,Hiatella | ME0119 | |||
Eastport | Washington | ME | 44d54m22sN,66d59m24sW (source says ‘Estimated based on Eastport,ME’) | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Colus,Clinocardium,Zirphaea,Hiatella | ME0069 | ||
Eastport | Washington | ME | Near Great Pond | Devonian | Trout Valley | Plant Fossils. | ME0070 | ||
Lubec | Washington | ME | At Lubec Bluff on shore. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0120 | ||
Lubec | Washington | ME | Carrying Place Cove. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0121 | ||
Machais Bay | Washington | ME | In glacial moraine at Holmes Bay in NE part of Machais Bay | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | Mollusk-Portlandia | ME0122 | ||
Perry | Washington | ME | 44d58m North,67d4mW Collected in 1860s by William Dawson | Devonian | plants-Barinophyton | ME0123 | |||
Kennebunk | York | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Buccinum,Musculus,Mytilus,Hiatella,Mya,Portlandia | ME0124 | |||
Kennebunk | York | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Natica,Buccinum,Neptunea,Chlamys,Cerastoderma,Zirphaea,Astarte,Thracia,Portlandia | ME0125 | |||
Saco | York | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Puncturella,Natica,Buccinum,Pecten,Astarte,Lyonsia,Pandora,Thracia,Nuculana,Yoldia,Portlandia,Yoldiella,Nucula | ME0126 | |||
Saco | York | ME | in float on beach | Holocene | Leda Clay | fossils | ME0078 | ||
South Berwick | York | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks-Astarte | ME0127 | |||
Wells Beach | York | ME | Pleistocene | Presumpscot | mollusks | ME0128 | |||
– | [?] | ME | Devonian | Chapman Sandstone|Moose River Limestone | Orthoceras,other fossils | ME0084 | |||
– | [?] | ME | Ordovician | Shin Brook | Brachiopod-Famatinorthis | ME0085 | |||
– | [?] | ME | Whittington and Campbell | Silurian | Silicified trilobites | ME0086 | |||
Coastal Maine | [?] | ME | Gravel pits in Coastal Maine | Pleistocene | Presumpscot Clay | crabs,starfish,sand dollars,gastropods. | ME0081 | ||
NE Maine | [?] | ME | Ordovician | Brachiopods | ME0082 | ||||
Western Maine | [?] | ME | Beck Pond area? in limestones | Devonian | Beck Pond | bryozoan-Habrostroma[?] | ME0083 | Beck Pond is in Somerset County near 45.3728N,70.3401W |